Design Classification

Design Classification

THE THIRD SCHEDULE Classification of Good (See rule 10) List of Classes and Subclasses, with Explanatory Notes

CLASS 01 Foodstuffs

Note:

(a) Includes foodstuffs for human beings, foodstuffs for animal and dietetic foods.

(b) Not including packages (Cl. 09).

01-01  BAKERS’ PRODUCTS, BISCUITS, PASTRY, MACARONI AND OTHER CEREAL PRODUCTS. CHOCOLATES, CONFECTIONERY, ICES

01-02   FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

01-03   CHEESES, BUTTER AND BUTTER SUBSTITUTES, OTHER DAIRY PRODUCE

 01-04  BUTCHER’S MEAT (INCLUDING PORK PRODUCTS), FISH 01-05[vacant]

 01-06  ANIMAL FOODSTUFFS

01-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 02 Articles of clothing and haberdashery

Note: Not including articles of clothing for dolls (Cl. 21-01), special equipment for protection against fire hazards, for accident prevention and for rescue (Cl. 29), and animal clothing(Cl. 30-01).

 02-01 UNDERGARMENTS, LINGERIE, CORSETS, BRASSIERES, NIGHTWEAR Note: (a) Including orthopedic corsets and body linen. (b) Not including household linen (Cl. 06-13).

 02-02 GARMENTS Note: (a) Includes all sorts of garments, including furs, bathing costumes, sports clothing and orthopedic garments, subject to the exceptions indicated under (b). (b) Not including undergarments (Cl. 02-01), or garments to be placed in Classes 02-03; 02-04; 02-05 or 02-06.

02-03 HEADWEAR Note: Includes all kinds of headwear for men, women and children.

02-04 FOOTWEAR, SOCKS AND STOCKINGS Note: Including special boots for sports such as football, skiing and ice hockey, orthopedic footwear and socks, as well as tights, gaiters and other legwear.

02-05 NECKTIES, SCARVES, NECKERCHIEFS AND HANDKERCHIEFS Note: Includes all “flat” clothing accessories.

02-06 GLOVES Note: Includes surgical gloves and rubber or plastic protective gloves for household use or for various occupations or sports.

02-07 HABERDASHERY AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES

Note: (a) Including buttons, clasps for garments, for headwear and for footwear, laces, pins, hand sewing, knitting and embroidery equipment and clothing accessories such as bells, suspenders, braces.

(b) Not including yarns or other threads (Cl. 05-01), decorative trimmings (Cl. 05-04), sewing, knitting and embroidery machines (Cl. 15-06) or sewing kits (containers) (Cl. 0301).

 02-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 03 Travel goods, cases, parasols and personal belongings, not elsewhere specified

03-01 TRUNKS, SUITCASES, BRIEFCASES, HANDBAGS, KEYHOLDERS, CASES SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR THEIR CONTENTS, WALLETS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES Note: Not including articles for the transport of goods (Cl. 09) or cigar cases and cigarette cases (Cl. 27-06).

03-02 [vacant]

03-03 UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, SUNSHADES AND WALKING STICKS

03-04 FANS

03-99 MISCELLANEOUS Brushware

CLASS 04

04-01 BRUSHES AND BROOMS FOR CLEANING Note: Not including clothes brushes (Cl. 04-02).

04-02 TOILET BRUSHES, CLOTHES BRUSHES AND SHOE BRUSHES

Note: “Toilet brushes” means brushes for corporal use; for example, for the hair, nails or teeth.

04-03 BRUSHES FOR MACHINES Note: “Brushes for machines” means brushes incorporated in machines or in special vehicles.

04-04 PAINTBRUSHES, BRUSHES FOR USE IN COOKING

04-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 05 Textile piece goods, artificial and natural sheet material

Note: (a) Includes all textile or similar articles, sold by the yard and not made up.

 (b) Not including ready-made articles (Cl. 02 or 06).

05-01 SPUN ARTICLES Note: (a) Including yarn and thread. (b) Not including, for instance, rope wire, string, twine (Cl. 09-06).

05-02 LACE

05-03 EMBROIDERY

05-04 RIBBONS, BRAIDS AND OTHER DECORATIVE TRIMMINGS

05-05 TEXTILE FABRICS

Note: (a) Including textile fabrics, woven, knitted or otherwise manufactured, tarpaulins, felt and loden.

05-06 ARTIFICIAL OR NATURAL SHEET MATERIAL Note: (a) Includes sheets whose only characteristic features are their surface ornamentation or their texture; in particular, covering sheets such as wallpaper, linoleum, self-adhesive plastic sheets, wrapping sheets and rolls of paper, subject to the exceptions indicated under (b).

(b) Not including writing paper, even in rolls (Cl. 19-01), or sheets used as building components such as wall panels and wainscoting (Cl. 25-01).

05-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 06 Furnishing

Note:  

(a)  Composite furniture articles embodying components includes in several subclasses are classified in Class 06-05.

(b)  Sets of furniture, as far as they can be looked upon as one design, are classified in Class 06-05.

(c) Not including textile piecegoods (Cl. 05)

 06-01 BEDS AND SEATS Note: Including mattress supports and vehicle seats.

06-02 [vacant]

06-03 TABLES AND SIMILAR FURNITURE

06-04 STORAGE FURNITURE Note: Including cupboards, furniture with drawers or compartments, and shelves.

06-05 COMPOSITE FURNITURE 06-06 OTHER FURNITURE AND FURNITURE PARTS

06-07 MIRRORS AND FRAMES Note: Not including mirrors included in other classes (see Alphabetical List).

06-08 CLOTHES HANGERS N.B.: The French text contains a note  which does not concern the English text.

06-09 MATTRESSES AND CUSHIONS

06-10 CURTAINS AND INDOOR BLINDS

06-11 CARPETS, MATS AND RUGS

06-12 TAPESTRIES 06-13 BLANKETS AND OTHER COVERING MATERIALS, HOUSEHOLD LINEN AND NAPERY Note: Including furniture covers, bedspreads and table covers.

06-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 07 Household good, not elsewhere specified

Note: (a) Including household appliances and utensils operated by hand, even if motor driven. (b) Not including machines and appliances for preparing food and drink (Cl. 31).

07-01 CHINA, GLASSWARE, DISHES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF A SIMILAR NATURE Note: (a) Includes dishes and crockery in all materials; in particular, paper and cardboard dishes. (b) Not including cooking utensils and containers, such as glass and earthenware pots (Cl. 07-02), or flower vases, flower pots and china glassware of a purely ornamental nature (Cl. 11-02).

07-02 COOKING APPLIANCES, UTENSILS AND CONTAINERS

07-03 TABLE KNIVES, FORKS AND SPOONS

07-04 APPLIANCES AND UTENSILS, HAND-MANIPULATED, FOR PREPARING FOOD OR DRINK Note: Not including appliances and utensils classified in Class 07-02 and in Class 31.

07-05 FLATIRONS AND WASHING, CLEANING AND DRYING EQUIPMENT Note: Not including electric household appliances for washing, cleaning or drying (Cl. 15-05).

07-06 OTHER TABLE UTENSILS

07-07 OTHER HOUSEHOLD RECEPTACLES

07-08 FIREPLACE IMPLEMENTS

 07-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 08 Tools and hardware

Note: (a) Includes hand-operated tools, even if mechanical power takes the place of muscular force, or example, electric saws and drills.

(b) Not including machines or machine tools (Cl. 15 or 31).

08-01 TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS FOR DRILLING, MILLING OR DIGGING

08-02 HAMMERS AND OTHER SIMILAR TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS

08-03 CUTTING TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS

Note: (a) Including tools and instruments for sawing.

(b) Not including table knives (Cl. 07-03), cutting tools and implements for kitchen use (Cl. 31), or knives used in surgery (Cl. 24-02).

 08-04 SCREWDRIVERS AND OTHER SIMILAR TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS

08-05 OTHER TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS Note: Includes tools which are not classified, or not to be placed, in other subclasses or classes.

08-06 HANDLES, KNOBS AND HINGES

08-07 LOCKING FOR CLOSING DEVICES

08-08 FASTENING, SUPPORTING OR MOUNTING DEVICES NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CLASSES

Note: (a) Including nails, screws, nuts and bolts.

 (b) Not including fastening devices for clothing (Cl. 02-07), for adornment (Cl. 11-01), or for office use (Cl. 19-02).

08-09 METAL FITTINGS AND MOUNTINGS FOR DOORS, WINDOWS AND FURNITURE, AND SIMILAR ARTICLES

08-10 BICYCLE RACKS

08-99 MISCELLANEOUS

 Note: Including non-electric cables, regardless of the material of which they are made.

CLASS 09 Packages and containers for the transport or handling of goods

09-01 BOTTLES, FLASKS, POTS, CARBOYS, DEMIJOHNS, AND CONTAINERS WITH DYNAMIC DISPENSING MEANS

Note: (a) “Pots” means those serving as containers.

(b) Not including pots regarded as crockery (Cl. 07-01), or flower pots (Cl. 11-02).

 09-02 STORAGE CANS, DRUMS AND CASKS

09-03 BOXES, CASES, CONTAINERS, (PRESERVE) TINS OR CANS Note: Including freight containers.

09-04 HAMPERS, CRATS AND BASKETS

09-05 BAGS, SACHETS, TUBES AND CAPSULES

Note: (a) Including plastic bags or sachets, with or without handle or means of closing.

 (b) “Capsules” means those used for packaging.

 09-06 ROPES AND HOOPING MATERIALS

09-07 CLOSING MEANS AND ATTACHMENTS

Note: (a) Includes only closing means for packages.

 (b) “Attachments” means, for example, dispensing and dosing devices incorporated in containers and detachable atomizers.

09-08 PALLETS AND PLATFORMS FOR FORKLIFTS

 09-09 REFUSE AND TRASH CONTAINERS AND STANDS THEREFORE

 09-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 10 Clocks and watches and other measuring instruments, checking and signalling instruments

Note: Including electrically-driven instruments.

10-01 CLOCK AND ALARM CLOCKS

10-02 WATCHES AND WRIST WATCHES

10-03 OTHER TIME-MEASURING INSTRUMENTS Note: Including time-measuring apparatus such as parking meters, timers for kitchen use and similar instruments.

10-04 OTHER MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, APPARATUS AND DEVICES Note: (a) Including instruments, apparatus and devices for measuring temperature, pressure, weight, length, volume and electricity. (b) Not including exposure meters (Cl. 16-05).

10-05 INSTRUMENTS, APPARATUS AND DEVICES FOR CHECKING, SECURITY OR TESTING

Note: Including fire and burglar alarms, and detectors of various types.

10-06 SIGNALLING APPARATUS AND DEVICES Note: Not including lighting or signalling devices for vehicles (Cl. 26-06).

10-07 CASINGS DIALS, HANDS AND ALL OTHER PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASURING, CHECKING AND SIGNALLING Note: “Casings” means watch and clock casings and all casings being integral parts of instruments of which they protect the mechanism, with the exception of cases specify designed for their contents (Cl. 03-01) or for packaging (Cl. 09-03).

10-99 MESCELLANEOUS

CLASS 11 Articles of adornment

11-01 JEWELLERY

Note: (a) Including fancy and imitation jewellery.

 (b) Not including watches (Cl. 10-02).

11-02 TRINKETS, TABLE, MANTEL AND WALL ORNAMENTS, FLOWER VASES AND POTS Note: Including sculptures, mobiles and statues.

11-03 MEDALS AND BADGES

11-04 ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, FRUIT AND PLANTS

11-05 FLAGS, FESTIVE DECORATIONS Note: (a) Including garlands, streamers and Christmas tree decorations. (b) Not including candles (Cl. 26-04).

11-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 12      Means of transport or hoisting

Note:

  1. Includes all vehicles, land, sea, air, space and others.
  2. Including parts, components and accessories which exist only in connection with a and vehicle cannot be placed in another class; these parts, components and accessories of vehicles are to be placed in the subclass of the vehicle in question, or in Class 12-16 if they are common to several vehicles included in different subclasses.
  3. Not including, in principle, parts, components and accessories of vehicles which can be placed another class; these parts, components and accessories are to be placed in the same class as articles of the same type, in other words, having the same function. Thus, carpets or mats for automobiles are to be placed with carpets (Cl. 06-11); electric motors for vehicles are to be placed in Class 13-01, and non-electric motors for vehicles in Class 15-01 (the same applies to the components of such motors); automobile headlamps are to be placed with lighting apparatus (Cl. 26-06).
  4. Not including scale models of vehicles (Cl. 21-01).

12-01 VEHICLES DRAWN BY ANIMALS

12-02 HANDCARTS, WHEELBARROWS

12-03 LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK FOR RAILWAYS AND OTHER RAIL VEHICLES

12-04 TELPHER CARRIERS, CHAIR LIFTS AND SKILIFTS

12-05 ELEVATORS AND HOISTS FOR LOADING OR CONVEYING Note: Including passenger lifts, goods lifts, cranes, forklift trucks and conveyor belts.

12-06 SHIPS AND BOATS

 12-07 AIRCRAFTS AND SPACE VEHICLES

12-08 MOTOR CARS, BUSES AND LORRIES Note: Including ambulances and refrigerator vans (road).

 12-09 TRACTORS

12-10 ROAD VEHICLE TRAILERS Note: Including caravans.

12-11 CYCLES AND MOTORCYCLES

12-12 PERAMBULATORS, INVALID CHAIRS, STRETCHERS

Note:

(a) :Perambulators” means hand carriage for infants. (b) Not including toy perambulators (Cl. 21-01).

 12-13 SPECIAL-PURPOSE VEHICLES

 Note:

 (a) Includes only vehicles not specially intended for transport, such as street – cleaning vehicles, watering lorries, fire engines, snow ploughs and breakdown lorries.

 (b) Not including mixed-purpose agricultural machines (Cl. 15-03), or self-propelled machines for use in construction and civil engineering (Cl. 15-04).

12-14 OTHER VEHICLES Note: Including sleighs and air-cushion vehicles.

12-15 TYRES AND ANTI-SKID CHAINS FOR VEHICLES

12-16 PARTS, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES FOR VEHICLES, NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CLASSES OR SUBCLASSES

12-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 13 Equipment for production, distribution or transformation of electricity

Note :

(a) Includes only apparatus which produces, distributes or transforms electric current.

 (b) Including electric motors, however.

(c) Not Including electrically-driven apparatus, such as electric watches (Cl. 10-02), or apparatus for the measurement of electric current (Cl. 10-04).

13-01 GENERATORS AND MOTORS Note: including electric motors for vehicles.

 13-02 POWER TRANSFORMETERS, RECTIFIERS, BATTERIES AND ACCUMULATORS

13-03 EQIUPMENT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR CONTROL OF ELECTRIC POWER Note: Including conductors, switches and switchboards.

 13-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 14 Recording, communication or information retrieval equipment

14-01 EQUIPMENT FOR THE RECORDING OR REPRODUCING OR REPRODUCTION OF SOUNDS OR PICTUREA

Note: Not including photographic or cinematographic apparatus (Cl. 16).

14-02 DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS PERIPHERAL APPARATUS AND DEVICES

14-03 COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROLS AND RADIIO AMPLIFIERS Note: Including telegraphic, telephone and television apparatus, as well as wireless apparatus and teleprinters. 14-99 MISCELLANEOUS Machines, not elsewhere specified

CLASS 15 Machines not mentioned earlier

15-01- ENGINES

Note: (a) Including non-electric engines for vehicles.

        (b) Not including electric motors (Cl. 13).

15-02 PUMPS AND COMPRESSORS Note: Not including hand or foot pumps (Cl. 08-05), or or fire extinguishing pumps. (Cl. 29-01).

15-03 AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY

Note: (a) Including ploughs and combined machinery, i.e., both machines and vehicles, for examples, reaping and binding machines.

(b) Not including hand tools (Cl. 08).

15-04 CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY

Note: (a) Including machines used in civil engineering and self propelled machines such as excavators, concrete mixer and dredgers.

(b) Not including hoists and cranes (Cl. 12-05).

15-05 WASHING CLEANING AND DRYING MACHINES. Note: Including:(a) appliances and machines for treating lines and clothes, such as ironing machines and wringers. (b) dishwashing machines and industrial drying equipment.

15-06 TEXTILE, SEWING, KNITTING AND EMBROIDERING MACHINES INCLUDING THEIR INTEGRAL PARTS

15-07 REFRIGERATION MACHINERY AND APPARATUS

Note: (a) Including household refrigeration apparatus.

(c) Not including refrigerator wagons (rail) (Cl. 12-03) or refrigerator vans (road) (Cl. 12-08).

15-08 [vacant]

15-09 MACHINE TOOLS, ABRADING AND FOUNDING MACHINERY

Note: Not including earth working machinery and material separators (Cl. 15-99).

 15-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 16 Photographic, cinematographic and optical apparatus

Note: Not including lamps for photography or filming (Cl. 26-05).

16-01 PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERAS AND FILM CAMERAS

16-02 PROJECTORS AND VIEWERS

 16-03 PHOTOCOOPYING APPARATUS AND ENLARGERS

Note: Including microfilming equipment and apparatus for viewing microfilms, as well as office machines known as “photocopying” apparatus which use other than photographic processes (in particular, thermal or magnetic processes).

16-04 DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT

16-05 ACCESSORIES

Note: Including filters for photographic cameras, exposure meters, tripods and photographic flashlight apparatus.

16-06 OPTICAL ARTICLES

Note:

(a) Including spectacles and microscopes.

(b) Not including measuring instruments embodying optical devices (Cl. 10-04).

16-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 17: Musical instruments

Note: Not including cases for musical instruments (Cl. 03-01), or equipment for the recording or reproduction of sounds (Cl. 14-01).

17-01 KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS

Note: Including electronic and other organs, accordions, and mechanical and other pianos.

 17-02 WIND INSTRUMENTS Note: Not including organs, harmoniums and accordions, and mechanical and other pianos.

17-03 STRINGED INSTRUMENTS

 17-04 PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS

17-05 MECHANICAL INSTRUMENTS

Note:

 (a) Including music boxes.

(b) Not including mechanical keyboard instruments (Cl. 17-01).

17-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 18 Printing and office machinery

18-01 TYPEWRITERS AND CALCULATING MACHINES

Note: Not including computers and other apparatus to be placed in Class 14-02

18-02 PRINTING MACHINES

Note:

(a) Including typesetting machines, stereotype machines and apparatus, typographic machines and other reproducing machines such as duplicators and offset equipment, as well as addressing machines, franking and cancelling machines.

(b) Not including photocopying machinery (Cl. 16-03).

 18-03 TYPE AND TYPE FACES

18-04 BOOKBINDING MACHINES, PRINTERS’ STAPLING MACHINES, GUILLOTINES AND TRIMMERS (FOR BOOKBINDING)

Note: Including machines and similar devices for cutting paper, analogous to guillotines and trimmers.

18-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 19 Stationery and office equipment, artists’ and teaching materials

19-01 WRITING PAPER, CARDS FOR CORRESPONDENCE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Note: Includes all paper, in the widest sense of the term, which is used for writing, drawing, painting or printing, such as tracing paper, carbon paper, newsprint, envelopes, greetings cards and illustrated postcards, even if they embody a sound recording.

19-02 OFFICE EQUIPMENT Note: (a) Including equipment used at cash desks, such as change sorters. (b) Some office equipment is to be placed in other subclasses or classes; for example, office furniture in Class 06, office machines and equipment in Class 14-02; 16-03; 18-01; 18-02 or 18-04, and writing materials in Class 19-01 or 19-06 (see alphabetical List).

19-03 CALENDERS Note: Not including diaries (Cl. 19-04).

19-04 BOOKS AND OTHER OBJECTS OF SIMILAR OUTWARD APPEARANCE Note: Including covers of books, binding, albums, diaries and similar objects.

19-05 [vacant]

 19-06 MATERIALS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR WRITING BY HAND, FOR DRAWING, FOR PAINTING, FOR SCULPTURE, FOR ENGRAVING AND FOR OTHER ARTISTIC TECHNIQUES

Note: Not including paintbrushes (Cl. 04-04), drawing tables and attached equipment (Cl. 0603), or writing paper (Cl. 19-01).

19-07 TEACHING MATERIALS Note: (a) Including maps of all kinds, globes and planetariums. (b) Not including audio-visual teaching aids (Cl. 14-01).

19-08 OTHER PRINTED MATTER Note: Including printed advertising materials.

 19-99 MISCELLANEOUS

 CLASS 20 Sales and advertising equipment, signs

20-01 AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE

20-02 DISPLAY AND SALES EQUIPMENT

Note: Not including articles of furniture (Cl. 06).

20-03 SIGNS, SIGNBOARDS AND ADVERTISING DEVICES

Note: (a) Including luminous advertising devices and mobile advertising devices.

 (b) Not including packages (Cl. 09), or signaling devices (Cl. 10-06).

20-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 21 Games, toys, tents and sports goods

21-01 GAMES AND TOYS

Note: (a) Including scale models.

 (b) Not including toys for animals (Cl. 30-99).

21-02 GYMNASTIC AND SPORTS APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT

Note: (a) Includes, as sports equipment: apparatus and equipment necessary for the various sports which have no other specific purpose, such as footballs, skis and tennis rackets, to the exclusion of all other objects which may also be used in practing a given sport.

(b) Including subject to the reservation mentioned under (a), training equipment and apparatus and equipment necessary for outdoor games.

(c) Not including sports clothing (Cl. 02), toboggans or sleighs (Cl. 12-14).

21-03 OTHER AMUSEMENT AND ENTERTAINMENT ARTICLES

 Note: (a) Including fairground roundabouts and automatic machines for games of chance.      

 (b) Not including games and toys (Cl. 21-01), or other articles to be placed in Class            21-01 or 21- 02.

21-04 TENTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF

Note: (a) Including poles, pegs and other similar articles.

 (c) Not including other camping articles to be placed in other classes according to their nature, such as chairs (Cl. 06-01), tables (Cl. 06-03), plates (Cl. 07-01), and caravans (Cl. 12-10).

21-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 22 Arms, pyrotechnic articles, articles for hunting, fishing and pest killing

22-01 PROJECTILE WEAPONS

22-02 OTHER WEAPONS

22-03 AMMUNITION, ROCKETS AND PYROTECHING ARTICLES

22-04 TARGETS AND ACCESSORIES Note: Including the special device for actuating mobile targets.

22-05 HUNTING AND FISHING EQUIPMENT Note: Not including articles of clothing (Cl. 02), or weapons (Cl. 22-01 or 22-02).

22-06 TRAPS, ARTICLES FOR PEST KILLING

22-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 23 Fluid distribution equipment, sanitary, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment, solid fuel

23-01 FLUID DISTRIBUTION EQUIPMENT

Note: Including pipes and pipe fittings.

23-02 SANITARY APPLIANCES

Note: (a) Including baths, showers, washbasins, saunas, water closets, sanitary units and sanitary accessories not included in other classes.

(b) Not including pipes or pipe fittings (Cl. 23-01).

 23-03 HEATING EQUPMENT

23-04 VENTILATION AND AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT

23-05 SOLID FUEL

23-99 MISCELLANEOUS Medical and laboratory equipment Note:

CLASS 24 The term “medical equipment” covers also surgical, dental and veterinary equipment.

24-01 APPARTUS EQUIPMENT FOR DOCTORS, HOSPITALS AND LABORATORIES

24-02 MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, INSTRUMENTS AND TOOLS FOR LABORATORY USE Note: Includes only hand-operated instruments.

24-03 PROSTHETIC ARTICLES

24-04 MATERIALS FOR DRESSING WOUNDS, NURSING AND MEDICAL CARE

24-99 MISCELLANEOUS CLASS

25 Building units and construction elements

25-01 BUILDING MATERIALS Note: Including bricks, beams, pre-shaped strips, tiles, slates and panels.

 25-02 PREFABRICATED OR PRE-ASSEMBLED BUILDING PARTS

Note: (a) Including windows, doors, outdoors shutters, partition walls and gratings.

(b) Not including staircases (Cl. 25-04).

25-03 HOUSES, GARAGES AND OTHER BUILDINGS

25-04 STEPS, LADDERS AND SCAFFOLDS

25-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 26 Lighting apparatus

26-01 CANDLESTICKS AND CANDELABRA

26-02 TORCHES AND HAND LAMPS AND LANTERNS

26-03 PUBLIC LIGHTING FIXTURES

Note: Including outside lamps, stage lighting and searchlight projectors.

26-04 LUMINOUS SOURCES, ELECTRICAL OR NOT

Note: Including bulbs for electric lamps, luminous plaques and tubes, and candles.

26-05 LAMPS, STANDARD LAMPS, CHANDELIERS, WALL AND CEILING FIXTURES, LAMPSHADES, REFLECTORS, PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CINEMATOGRAPHIC PROJECTOR LAMPS

26-06 LUMINOUS DEVICES FOR VEHICLES

26-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 27 Tobacco and smokers’ supplies

27-01 TOBACCO, CIGARS AND CIGARETTES

27-02 PIPES, CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDERS

27-03 ASHTRAYS

27-04 MATCHES

27-05 LIGHTERS

27-06 CIGAR CASES, CIGARETTE CASES, TOBACCO JARS AND POUCHES Note: Not including packages (Cl. 09).

27-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 28 Pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, toiler articles and apparatus

28-01 PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS

Note:

(a) Including for animals.

 (b) Not including materials for dressing wounds and nursing (Cl. 24-04).

(c) Including chemicals in cachet, capsule, lozenge, pill and tablet forms.

28-02 COSMETIC PRODUCTS Note: Including for animals.

28-03 TOILET ARTICLES AND BEAUTY PARLOR EQUIPMENT

Note (a) Including razors, apparent and appliances for hair removing or hair dressing.

(b) Not including toilet and make-up brushes (Cl. 04-02), or articles and equipment for animals (Cl. 30-99)

28-04 WIGS, FALSE HAIRPIECES

28-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 29 Devices and equipment against fire hazards, for accident prevention and for rescue

29-01 DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT AGAINST FIRE HAZARDS

Note:

(a) Including fire extinguishers.

(b) Not including fire engines (vehicles) (Cl. 12-13), free-hoses and nozzles for fire-hoses (Cl. 23-01).

29-02 DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT AGAINST FOR ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND FOR RESCUE, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED

Note: (a) Including devices and equipment for animals.

(b) Not including helmets (Cl. 02-03) and garments for protection against accidents (Cl. 02-02; 02-04 or 02-06).

29-99 MISCELLANEOUS

CLASS 30 Articles for the care and handling of animals

Note: Not including animal foodstuffs (Cl. 01), or pharmaceutical and cosmetic products for animals (Cl. 28-01 or 28-02).

30-01 ANIMAL CLOTHING

30-02 PENS, CAGES, KENNELS AND SIMILAR SHELTERS Note: Not including buildings (Cl. 25)

30-03 FEEDERS AND WATERERS

30-04 SADDLERY Note: Including collars for animals.

30-05 WHIPS AND PRODS

30-06 BEDS AND NESTS

30-07 PERCHES AND OTHER CAGE ATTACHMENTS

30-08 MARKERS, MARLS AND SHACKLES

30-09 HITCHING POSTS 30-99 MISCELLANEOUS CLASS

31 Machines and appliances for preparing food or drink, not elsewhere specified

 Note: Not including hand-manipulated utensil, instruments and appliances for serving or preparing food or drink (Cl. 07).

31-00 MACHINES AND APPLIANCES FOR PREPARING FOOD OR DRINK, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED

CLASS 99 Miscellaneous

Note: Includes all products not included in the preceding classes.

99-00 MISCELLANEOUS

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The protection is granted for a limited period, generally 20 years from the filing date of the application.

Patent rights are usually enforced in a court on the initiative of the right owner. However, the main responsibility for monitoring, identifying and acting against infringers of a patent lies with the patent owner.

Patent information commonly refers to the information found in patent applications and granted patents. This information may include bibliographic data about the inventor and patent applicant or patent holder, a description of the claimed invention and related developments in the field of technology, and a list of claims indicating the scope of patent protection sought by the applicant.

Patent documents contain technological information that is often not divulged in any other form of publication, covering practically every field of technology. They have a relatively standardized format and are classified according to technical fields to make identifying relevant documents even easier. 
The information contained in patent documents can be very useful to researchers, entrepreneurs, and many others, helping them:
• avoid duplication of research and development work.
• build on and improve existing products or processes.
• assess the state-of-the-art in a specific technological field, e.g., to get an idea of the latest developments in this field.
• evaluate the patentability of inventions, in particular the novelty and inventiveness of inventions.
• identify inventions protected by patents, to avoid infringement and seek opportunities for licensing.
• monitor activities of potential partners and competitors both within the country and abroad.
• identify market niches or discover new trends in technology or product development at an early stage. 

Patent applications and related documents are published by national and regional patent offices.
Unpaid databases:
• WIPO’s PATENTSCOPE database
• Google Patents
• Espacenet – patent search
• USPTO Web Patent Database

Paid Databases:
• Orbit
• PatBase
• Patseer